A couple of photos of Gerry Gregory's Camaro at the 1969 Laguna Seca Trans-Am. Gerry Gregory diedin a motorcycle accident back in the 1980s. We have tried to find his wife Sarah but have not had anysuccess. They had a son as well but we have not found him either.

Records do not indicate that Dick Guldstrand drove the Camaro in any of the four '69 Trans-Am races it ran in however it is believed that Dick diddrive it during testing and in some SCCA A/Sedan races. Here, Dick can be seen in his driving suit in the "V" between the hood and the windshield.

Gerry Gregory ran a rather strange two-car team in the 1969 Trans-Am series. The second team car was a Porsche911 which, of course, was competing in the U-2 class. Scooter Patrick and Don Pike were the two drivers of that car.At the end of the '69 season the Camaro was put up for sale, as seen in the ad below.

The Camaro did not sell at that time however and it is known that Gregory did run at least one A/Sedan race withthe car during the 1970 season. He did have an accident with the car at Phoenix that year. Also, during the 1970season, Gregory formed another two-car team to run BMW 2002s in the Trans-Am U-2 class. Don Pike was theother driver.

Another shot of the car taken at the Laguna Seca Trans-Am. This is heading down through the famous corkscrew part of the track.It is thought that this was taken during practice before the race due to the lack of decals seen on the car that have been seen in other photos.Bob Tronolone photo/Robert Lodewyk collection

When I purchased this picture from Mr. Tronolone he explained that he would sit up in a tree in the corkscrew to get these shots.The course workers would only allow this if he agreed to stay there and only come down during a yellow flag or at the end of the race.

Very COOL that individuals like Mr. Tronolone still have these items for those of us that are interested to enjoy them 42 years later.

Your welcome, Robert. I think that picture of your car from that angle in the corkscrew is one of the neatest shots I haveseen from that particular track. I can see why Bob Tronolone would go to the trouble of hanging out in that tree duringan entire practice session during the race weekend. And yes, that is very gracious of him to go through his archives tolocate a previously unseen photo for you. To my knowledge, he is not one of the photographers from the old days thatis actively selling his work from decades ago.

The Gerry Gregory car went to Mexico circa 1972 and was repainted blue. It was raced downthere by Raul Perez Gama, who had previously been racing one of the '69 Penske Camaros.Robert Lodewyk Collection

Robert Lodewyk Collection

Robert Lodewyk Collection

Here's Raul Perez Gama in the '69 Penske Camaro with the Sunoco livery still on it. It is believed that this car wasdetroyed in a Mexico City earthquake and that may be one of the reasons why he purchased the ex-Gerry Gregory Camaro.Jon Mello Collection

Later in the car's life, it ended up in the hands of the Tristan brothers. By then the car had been pretty wellused and abused. It's not 100% certain at this point but due to the words Baja Mil on the front fenders andthe condition of the front subframe, the car may have been run in the Baja 1000.